Jan 27, 2018

Twitter was full of conspiracy theories on Saturday after the twitter account of Sean Hannity was shut down. Was it the “deep state” in a panic or did someone hack the account? Well, twitter was no help because they didn’t release a statement but only said the account was “briefly compromised”. Huh? The twitter representative used the word “briefly” but the account was down for hours…and how was the account compromised? A rogue employee, a hacker?

“While we normally do not discuss individual accounts, for privacy and security reasons, we have permission from the account owner to confirm that account was briefly compromised,” a Twitter spokesperson said in an email. They did not realize any further information.

Some blamed shadowy “deep state” government figures looking to take down Hannity, who is a big supporter of President Donald Trump.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange also took to Twitter to observe how Hannity had his account “mysteriously disappear.”